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WO2019002464A2 - Dispositif de traitement d'un contenant dans une installation de remplissage de ce dernier avec un produit de remplissage - Google Patents

Dispositif de traitement d'un contenant dans une installation de remplissage de ce dernier avec un produit de remplissage Download PDF

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WO2019002464A2
WO2019002464A2 PCT/EP2018/067413 EP2018067413W WO2019002464A2 WO 2019002464 A2 WO2019002464 A2 WO 2019002464A2 EP 2018067413 W EP2018067413 W EP 2018067413W WO 2019002464 A2 WO2019002464 A2 WO 2019002464A2
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Josef Knott
Rupert Meinzinger
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
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    • B67B3/2033—Closing bottles, jars or similar containers by applying caps by applying and rotating preformed threaded caps by carousel-type capping machines comprising carousel co-rotating capping heads
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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    • B67C3/06—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus using counterpressure, i.e. filling while the container is under pressure
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C7/00—Concurrent cleaning, filling, and closing of bottles; Processes or devices for at least two of these operations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
    • B67C3/00—Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids
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    • B67C2003/2688—Means for filling containers in defined atmospheric conditions
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B67—OPENING, CLOSING OR CLEANING BOTTLES, JARS OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS; LIQUID HANDLING
    • B67C—CLEANING, FILLING WITH LIQUIDS OR SEMILIQUIDS, OR EMPTYING, OF BOTTLES, JARS, CANS, CASKS, BARRELS, OR SIMILAR CONTAINERS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; FUNNELS
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  • the present invention relates to a device for treating a container in a filling product filling plant, for example for filling the container with a filling product and for subsequently closing the filled container, preferably for filling a
  • Supplied filler carousel each assigned to a Basalkarussell arranged filling member and filled with the respective filling product, then discharged from the Basalkarussell and fed to a Verschwinerkarussell for closing with a container closure.
  • this process of transferring the already filled but not yet sealed container from the filler carousel to the capper carousel it can come at a spill of the respective filling products, especially at high performance of Beverage bottling plant and high filling heights of the filling in the container, so that contamination of the system and / or the outside of the filled containers may take place with the filling product.
  • EP 965 524 A1 proposes a filling device in which a single container to be filled is sealed in a pressure-tight manner against the environment
  • Treatment chamber is received, is filled in this treatment chamber by means of a filling member with the filling product and is provided after filling with a container closure.
  • This object is achieved by a device for treating a container in a
  • Filling product filling plant proposed, comprising a filling member which a Brownerie for filling the container with a filling product and a filling valve for influencing the
  • Closing member for closing the container filled with the filling product is movable from a filling position for filling the container into a parking position for releasing a closing stroke of the closing member.
  • the filling member is movable from a filling position for filling the container to be filled in a parking position, it is achieved that the entire filling member, in particular with its filling product outlet and the filling valve, is moved from the filling position to the parking position. This eliminates a movement of the filling valve outlet relative to the filling valve itself.
  • the mechanical structure of the filling member can be made correspondingly more reliable and hygienic, as can be dispensed with movable connections between filling valve outlet and filling valve. In particular, may be known from the prior art
  • a more hygienic training can also be achieved in particular in that in the areas in contact with the filling product on a pivotable connection between the filling valve and the Greesham can be dispensed with, so that overall the cleanability of the
  • Device can be improved over the known devices.
  • the filling valve of the filling member serves to influence the filling product flow through the
  • the filling element can be pivoted, moved or moved linearly for movement between the filling position and the parking position.
  • the device when the device is mounted on a treatment carousel, a plurality of devices are typically disposed around the circumference of the treatment carousel. It plays a role for the possible capacity and performance of the treatment carousel how wide the respective device builds, so in particular how wide the extension of each device in the circumferential direction of the specialistsskarussels.
  • the filling member By the formation of the filling member such that it can move linearly from the filling position into the parking position or vice versa, it is possible for the movement of the filling member to extend in a radial direction in a treatment carousel.
  • a Greetilaktuator is provided by means of which the filling member is movable from the filling position in the parking position.
  • the actuator By means of the actuator, an exact control of the position of the filling member can be achieved, so that a precise and efficient treatment process can be achieved.
  • a treatment chamber for receiving a respective container to be treated is provided, and the filling member is provided for filling the container received in the treatment chamber and the closing member is for closing the in the
  • Treatment chamber accommodated, provided with the filling product container provided. Through the treatment chamber, it is possible to provide for each container predetermined pressure conditions, regardless of the pressure conditions under which other containers are treated. Thus, a controlled treatment and especially a controlled filling and subsequent closing of the respective container can be achieved in an efficient manner.
  • a chamber filler can be provided in a compact manner, in which certain in the treatment chamber depending on the phase of the filling process
  • Pressure conditions and / or a specific gas composition or atmosphere can be provided.
  • the treatment chamber by loading the treatment chamber with a vacuum or a negative pressure after the initial introduction of the still empty container to be filled into the treatment chamber and the gas-tight seal with respect to the environment, it is initially possible to essentially receive the treatment chamber itself and the container received therein evacuate. Thereafter, it is possible to apply the container to be filled together with the treatment chamber with a predetermined gas atmosphere in order to provide a corresponding filling atmosphere.
  • the gas atmosphere may be provided, for example, by an inert gas to allow for oxygenated beverages to be bottled under an inert atmosphere.
  • the closure member can apply the appropriate closure to the container, whereby the filling and closing process is completed.
  • the gas can then be withdrawn from the container chamber or the container chamber can be brought to the ambient pressure, be opened and the filled and closed Remove container from the container chamber to the container chamber for the renewed
  • the filling element can first be moved from the parking position into the filling position and connected in a gas-tight manner to the mouth of the container. Subsequently, after actuation of the filling element in the provided with vacuum, the container to be filled, the filling product can be filled directly.
  • the vacuum in the container is replaced by the filling product.
  • the vacuum in the treatment chamber around the container to be filled or filled around however, initially remains. Due to the negative pressure in the container, an accelerated or sudden filling of the container with the filling product is made possible accordingly.
  • the vacuum present in the exterior of the container maintains the structural integrity of the container to be filled. In other words, the pressure inside the container is always either equal to or greater than the ambient pressure, so that a "imploding" of the container in the treatment chamber can not occur.
  • the treatment chamber with the therein now filled container received therein are acted upon by an overpressure, for example, with the pressure, with which the filling member was introduced into the interior of the container.
  • this is preferably the C0 2 pressure which is present in a filling product reservoir in which the filling product was present in the container to be filled prior to filling, for example in a central boiler or ring kettle of a beverage filling device .
  • the treatment chamber to the pressure and, for example C0 2 at this pressure can be prevented that the C0 2 is located in the container filled filling product release abruptly but rather is achieved, which is suppressed debonding of the C0 2 in the filling product , Accordingly, a foaming of the filling product does not take place after the release of the filling member from the then filled container, since the C0 2 pressure in the treatment chamber then substantially corresponds to the C0 2 pressure in the interior of the filled container.
  • the treatment chamber can also be acted upon by pressurized gas under a high pressure in order to reduce or completely prevent the occurrence of overblowing or debinding of dissolved gas in the filling product.
  • the filling member can now be moved from the filling position to the parking position and the container can be closed, wherein in the treatment chamber is still the increased pressure, ie in particular the generated by the introduction of C0 2 or compressed gas pressure in the treatment chamber, which foaming or Foaming or dispensing of dissolved gas in the filling product prevents, so that a clean closing of the filled container is made possible.
  • the pressure in the treatment chamber can then be relieved to the ambient pressure, wherein preferably the gas which is discharged from the treatment chamber can be at least partially reused.
  • the treatment chamber is then opened, the filled and sealed container removed and placed another, to be filled container in the treatment chamber.
  • the filling member preferably comprises a seal, which is a gas-tight seal of the
  • Mouth region of the container to be filled with the filling product leading areas of the filling member allows. This makes it possible to provide a pressure differing from the pressure existing in the treatment chamber in the interior of the container. In this way, it is also possible to provide a different atmosphere or a different gas composition inside the container to be filled, as in the
  • the seal is supported by a lifting mechanism, by means of which the container can be pressed against the filling member, or the filling member can be pressed against the container, or filling member and container both can each perform a relative movement to each other, by means of which a pressing of the container to the Filling member or its seal and a release of this connection is made possible.
  • the filling member in addition to the actual filling product leading paths on a gas channel, by means of which a gas can be introduced under pressure into the container to be filled when the filling member is arranged in the Behellposition, or even if Filling organ is arranged in the parking position.
  • the introduction of the gas via the gas channel provided in the filling element in the parking position takes place in the treatment chamber.
  • the introduction of the gas through the gas channel of the filling member in the filling position takes place in the interior of the container to be filled.
  • the gas channel of the filling member by means of which the interior of the container can be acted upon independently of the environment and in particular independent of the provided in a treatment chamber atmosphere with gas, is preferably connected via a flexible Teflon line with a gas supply. Accordingly, without the use of seals between moving parts, the motion or the stroke of the filling member can be moved from the filling position to the parking position here as well.
  • a container receptacle is further provided in which the container to be filled and sealed can be received, wherein the container receptacle is particularly preferably received in the treatment chamber.
  • the container receptacle is particularly preferably received in the treatment chamber.
  • Container receiving a device for supporting the torque when screwing a container closure on the container preferably a spike plate.
  • a device for supporting the torque when screwing a container closure on the container preferably a spike plate.
  • Holding devices allows closure with a screw cap.
  • the container receptacle on a lifting device, which serves for pressing the mouth of the container to the filling product outlet of the filling member, preferably to a
  • the filling member is connected to a filling product reservoir via a flexible conduit
  • the flexible conduit is preferably a Teflon conduit.
  • a flexible conduit can be dispensed with further seals between moving parts for transferring the filling product from the Gundreservoir to the moving between the filling position and the parking position filling member.
  • the filling member has a gas channel, via which a clamping gas, which is preferably supplied via a flexible conduit to the filling member, the interior of the container pressed to the filling product outlet or the interior of the treatment chamber can be supplied.
  • a biasing of the container with a biasing gas or pressurizing the container or the headspace of the container after filling can be achieved in a simple manner.
  • the filling member is movable in a Medorganziscardi between the filling position and the parking position and the Artisserauslauf is arranged at an angle to the Greinsraum.
  • the Greinstechnik can be provided in principle regardless of the necessity of pressing the Artisserauslaufs on the mouth of the container.
  • the geometric design of the device is independent of the feed direction of the container.
  • the treatment carousel can be constructed particularly efficiently.
  • the treatment carousel preferably forms a carousel plane perpendicular to its axis of rotation, and the filling members are each movable in a filling member movement direction between the filling position and the parking position, wherein the filling members on the
  • Treatment carousel are arranged, that the Grillosplatz is arranged at an angle to the carousel plane, preferably at an angle of 10 ° to 80 ° to the carousel plane obliquely upward.
  • the angle can be adjusted depending on the requirements, preferably in a range between 10 ° and 80 °.
  • About the selection and expression of the angle can be given by the filling member to be applied to the container contact pressure.
  • On the selection and expression of the angle and the space requirement of the entire device can be influenced - especially in the radial direction of the device.
  • angle is set to about 45 °, whereby a particularly good balance between contact pressure and space requirement is achieved.
  • the angle is formed at approximately 30 °.
  • the filling member radially and obliquely upward or obliquely downward from the parking position in the
  • the filling members are arranged so that the Biorganschislegien are arranged at different angles to the carousel plane, and preferably adjacent Golforgane are arranged at different angles to the carousel plane.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic, partially sectioned view of an apparatus for filling a container with a filling product and for subsequently closing the filled container, wherein the device is arranged on a treatment carousel of a filling product filling plant;
  • Figure 2 is a schematic, sectional view of an apparatus for filling a container and for subsequently closing the filled container in another
  • Embodiment wherein the filling member is positioned in a filling position
  • Figure 3 is a schematic, perspective view of the device of Figure 2, in which a retaining clip for holding a container to be treated is clearly visible;
  • Figure 4 is a schematic, sectional view of a detail view of Figures 2 and 3, wherein the filling member is arranged in a parking position and releases a Verschwinhub for the closing member;
  • Figure 5 is a schematic, sectional view of the device of Figures 2 to 4, wherein the filling member is positioned in a filling position;
  • Figure 6 is a schematic, sectional view of the device of Figures 2 to 5, wherein a container to be filled is brought to the located in the filling position filling member;
  • Figure 7 is a schematic, sectional view of an apparatus for filling a
  • Figure 8 is a schematic, sectional view of the device of Figure 7, wherein the filling member is positioned in a filling position;
  • Figure 9 is a schematic, sectional view of the device of Figures 7 and 8, wherein the container to be filled is pressed against the positioned in the filling position filling member;
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic, perspective, partially cutaway view of a spike plate. Detailed Description of Preferred Embodiments
  • FIGS. 1 to 6 show a schematic representation of a device 1 for filling a container with a filling product and for subsequently closing the filled container with a container closure in a first exemplary embodiment.
  • the filling product is shown in a schematic here in the form of a ring boiler
  • a filling member 2 which comprises a filling valve 20 and a Med.lauf 22, in a schematically shown in Figure 6, to be filled container 140.
  • a closure member 3 is provided, by means of which a container closure 300 can be applied to the then filled with the filling product container 140.
  • the filling member 2 is shown in a filling position in the embodiment shown in Figure 1, but it can in the direction of schematically indicated by the reference numeral F arrow indicating the Greinerscardi, from the filling position shown in Figure 1 in a
  • the filling member 2 which comprises at least the filling product outlet 22 for introducing the filling product into the container 140 and the filling valve 20, which serves to control the filling product supply from the filling product reservoir 100 to the filling product outlet 22, can be moved in the direction of the filling member moving direction F. to be moved from a parking position to a filling position and from the filling position back to the parking position.
  • the Gresham 22 in the filling position with the mouth 142 of the
  • Container 140 are brought into line so that filling product can flow into the container 140. After filling the container with the filling product, the filling member 2 can then be withdrawn again in Greets, F in the park position to
  • the closing member 3 can be moved from a parking position in which it is shown in FIG. 1 into a closing position along the closing member movement direction V in order to apply a container closure 300 accommodated in a container closure receptacle 30 to a container 140 filled with the filling product Close the mouth 142.
  • both the filling product outlet 22 and the container closure receptacle 30 are arranged in a treatment chamber 4, in which the container 140 to be filled is also at least partially accommodated.
  • the container 140 can either be completely accommodated or only one neck region of the container 140 in the treatment chamber 4 can be accommodated
  • the container 140 to be filled is in the embodiment shown in a
  • Container receptacle 5 held, in which case the container receptacle 5 receives the container 140 to be filled at a neck ring 144.
  • the container receptacle 5 has in the shown
  • a spike plate 50 which on its upper side, as seen for example particularly well in Figure 10, individual elevations and in particular spikes, which from below into the neck ring 144 of the recorded in the container receptacle 5
  • Dig container 140 in order to support the torque which is applied by the closure member 3 to the then filled container 140 when applying a screw cap or a roll-up closure. Accordingly, a secure application of the container closure 300 to one with the
  • Filling product filled container 140 can be achieved and in particular a screwing a screw on a corresponding external thread 146 of a container filled with filling product 140.
  • the treatment chamber 4 is preferably closed to the environment gas-tight, this both in the full receptacle of the container 140, as well as in only a partial inclusion of the container 140 applies.
  • the treatment chamber 4 is preferably designed so that it can be acted upon with a pressure and / or an atmosphere which is independent of the pressure and / or the atmosphere in the vicinity of the treatment chamber 4.
  • a treatment process to be carried out with the device 1 from FIG. 1 sees
  • a container to be filled 140 is held in the container receptacle 5.
  • the container 140 may, for example, via a
  • Feeding device - are supplied to the device 1 and directly into the container receptacle 5 - for example in the form of a feed star.
  • Lifting device 42 are lowered, so that the container receptacle 5 is freely accessible and the to be filled container 140 can be passed to the container receptacle 5 accordingly.
  • the sleeve is pushed back upwards via the lifting device 42 in order to seal off the treatment chamber 4 from the environment in a gastight manner.
  • according to the container 140 is completely received in the treatment chamber 4.
  • the treatment chamber 4 is now evacuated, and thus the container 140 received in the container receptacle 5 is also evacuated.
  • the container to be filled held in the container receptacle 5 is pressed against the filling product outlet 22 of the filling element 2 located in the filling position.
  • the pressing can be achieved either by lowering the Gear etcauslaufs 22, by lifting the container 140 or by a combination of the two movements.
  • Treatment chamber 4 can be achieved. In other words, in this way in the treatment chamber 4 and in the interior of the container 140 different pressures and different atmospheres can be provided.
  • the filling product stored in the filling product reservoir 100 can now be directed into the interior of the container 140 to be filled. Since there is a negative pressure and in particular a vacuum in the interior of the container 140, the filling due to the pressure conditions can be done relatively quickly and it takes place in particular a sudden filling. Since in the opposite to the container interior gas-tight
  • Treatment chamber 4 is still a negative pressure or a vacuum, the pressure which acts on the walls of the container to be filled 140 during the filling process, always an outwardly directed pressure.
  • the pressure in the interior of the container 140 to be filled in this embodiment of the method is always the same or higher than the pressure acting on the outside of the container 140 to be filled.
  • a supply line 44 which is provided in the lower region of the treatment chamber 4, the interior of the treatment chamber 4 is now in a further treatment step to a increased pressure brought, for example, to a high pressure, which corresponds for example to the present in the headspace of Med.
  • a high pressure which corresponds for example to the present in the headspace of Med.
  • the internal pressure in the container now filled with the filling product and the pressure in the treatment chamber 4 surrounding the filled container are equalized or the same.
  • the filling product spout 22 may be released from the mouth 142 of the filled container and the filling member 2 may be moved to the park position along the filling member moving direction F. This allows the closure member 3, the
  • Container closure receptacle 30 in which a container closure 300 is added to lower the mouth 142 of the filled container and to close the container accordingly. It can by the closing member 3, for example, a present as a molding
  • Plastic screw cap on an external thread 146 of the filled container 140 are applied. Since in the interior of the filled container 140 and in the treatment chamber 4, the same pressure or a substantially equalized pressure, it comes when loosening the
  • Closing the filled container 140 can be achieved without leaking product from the mouth 142 of the still open container 140 exits. Accordingly, a hygienic sealing can be achieved. After the filled container 140 is now sealed by the application of the container closure gas-tight, the pressure in the interior of the treatment chamber 4 on
  • the device 1 with the filling member 2, the closing member 3 and the treatment chamber 4 is preferably arranged in a treatment carousel 120, wherein the device 1 is arranged in the region of the outer circumference of the treatment carousel 120.
  • a single device 1 is shown.
  • a device 1 is typically a Variety of devices 1 arranged around the circumference of the treatment carousel 120 around a continuous production of filled with a filling product and with a
  • Container closure to provide sealed containers. In a filling product filling plant, a stream of filled and closed containers is produced in this way.
  • the filling member 2 and in particular also the Greetsour F of the filling member 2 extend in the embodiment shown in the radial direction R of the
  • Treatment carousel 120 can be arranged around without additional space in the circumferential direction would be required for pivoting a Greineres. In other words, a particularly compact and efficient form of arrangement of a plurality of devices 1 on the treatment carousel 120 is possible in this way.
  • the interior of the treatment chamber 4 is connected via a supply line for pressurized gas 44 corresponding to a compressed gas reservoir in order to put the interior of the treatment chamber 4 under pressure after the actual filling has been completed. Furthermore, a supply line for vacuum 46 or for negative pressure is provided by means of which the treatment chamber 4 can be at least partially evacuated before the filling process begins.
  • the filling member 2 is shown concretely, which has a filling valve 20.
  • the filling valve 20 includes a Gearing 20 and a Gearing 210, in which the Gearventilkegel 20 can be lowered sealingly.
  • the Grees 22 connects.
  • the Medventilkegel 20 is connected via a rod 220 with an actuator 230, which is formed in the illustrated embodiment as a pneumatic actuator.
  • the actuator 230 may be actuated to lower the fill plug 20 into the fill valve seat 210 or lift it out of the fill valve seat 210. If the Golfventilkegel 200 lifted out of the Artventilsitz 210, so is a fluid connection between the Artitherreservoir 100 and the Art etcauslauf 22 prepared to allow a corresponding filling of the container 140 with the filling product.
  • the filling member 2 is movable via a Medventilaktuator 6 along the Greetsen F.
  • the Greventilaktuator 6 is in the illustrated embodiment in the form of a
  • Cylinder chamber 60 is provided, in which a piston 62 is provided. over
  • the Airventilaktuator 6 is correspondingly a double-acting pneumatic actuator, by means of which the filling member 2 in the filling position shown in Figure 2 or in a
  • shown in Figure 4 parking position can be moved.
  • the filling product reservoir 100 is guided by a flexible filling product line 70, which in the exemplary embodiment shown is designed as a flexible Teflon line. Accordingly, in a reciprocating movement of the filling member 2 by actuation of the Greinuators 6 along the
  • a linear seal 240 seals the filling member 2 against the cover 48 and in particular with respect to the treatment chamber 4, so that the treatment chamber 4 is formed gas-tight relative to the environment during the passage of the filling member 2.
  • the actuator 230 of the filling element 2 can be actuated via a pneumatic connection 234.
  • a valve block 8 is further provided, by means of which the interior of the treatment chamber 4 can be acted upon with gases or with vacuum.
  • the closing member 3 is also shown schematically, wherein the container closure receptacle 30 for receiving a container closure, which is then to be applied to the mouth of the container filled with the filling product, is clearly visible.
  • a seal 24 is provided by means of which a to the
  • the pressing of the container mouth can be achieved, as indicated schematically in Figure 3, via a lifting device 52 of the container receptacle 5, by means of which a lifting
  • the interior of the container to be filled is already preloaded with C0 2 , before the filling valve 2 is opened, so the Gearventilkegel 200 is lifted out of the valve seat 210. In this way, it is possible to prevent the C0 2 bound in the filling product from being released during filling of the filling product into the interior of the container to be filled, and correspondingly reduce or even completely suppress the foaming tendency.
  • the interior of the container to be filled may also be subjected to a vacuum when the filling product is filled, in which case a particularly rapid filling of the filling product into the container to be filled is achieved due to the strong pressure difference.
  • the spike plate 50 is formed in the embodiment shown in Figures 2 to 6 in the form of a retaining clip, which is spring-biased. Accordingly, one in the
  • Container receptacle 5 inserted container securely held in the container clamp, the spikes of the spike plate 50 when applying the container closure according to the
  • Torque which is introduced when screwing a container closure in the filled container, record or intercept, to allow a secure screwing the container closure.
  • FIGS. 4 to 6 different steps of the respective filling process are shown, wherein in FIG. 4 the filling member 2 is withdrawn into the parking position and accordingly the closing member 3 could be actuated. In contrast, in Figure 5, the filling member 2 in the
  • a device 1 is shown in a further embodiment, wherein the basic principle of providing a filling member 2, which together with his
  • Embodiments corresponds.
  • the angle is set to about 45 °.
  • a spatially even more advantageous embodiment of the filling member 2 in the treatment carousel 120 can be achieved, since a reduction of the required space in the circumferential direction of the treatment carousel space is achieved by the substantially radial arrangement of the filling member 2 and simultaneously obliquely upward with respect to a direction perpendicular to the rotation axis arranged carousel plane alignment also achieves a reduction of the length in the radial direction, so as to avoid a collision with other components of a treatment carousel 120.
  • adjacent devices 1 each having different angles with respect to the carousel plane defined perpendicular to the rotational axis of the treatment carousel 120 can be provided for aligning the filling element movement direction F and therefore also with respect to the alignment of the filling elements 2.
  • a first filling member may, for example, be arranged at an angle of 20 ° relative to a carousel plane defined perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the treatment carousel 120 and a filling member arranged directly adjacent to the circumference of the treatment carousel 120 is arranged at an angle of 60 °.
  • the container receptacle 5 is further formed in the form of a lifting plate, which provides on its upper side a friction-increasing surface coating, for example by providing a rubber pad, in order in this way also when screwing container closures in the Container recorded torques.
  • the container to be filled is a glass bottle to be closed off with a crown cap, for example a beer bottle, in which the closing element 3 is in the form of a crown corker, so that the taking up of torques is not necessary, but only a support of the forces against the Verschfederorganzistent V.
  • a crown cap for example a beer bottle
  • the closing element 3 is in the form of a crown corker
  • Embodiment of such which receives only the mouth 142 of the container 140 to be filled.
  • the remaining part of the container 140 is not surrounded by the treatment chamber 4. Accordingly, in the region of the mouth 142 of the container 140, a corresponding atmosphere or a specific pressure regime can be provided in the treatment chamber 4, which means that after completion of the filling process of the container 140 to be filled, the filling product filled in the container does not foam over.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif (1) pour le traitement d'un contenant (140) dans une installation de remplissage de ce dernier avec un produit de remplissage, ledit dispositif comprenant un organe de remplissage (2) qui présente une sortie de produit de remplissage (22) servant à remplir le contenant (140) avec un produit de remplissage et une vanne de remplissage (20) servant à commander le flux de produit de remplissage à travers la sortie de produit de remplissage (22), et comprenant un organe de fermeture (3) destiné à fermer le contenant (140) rempli de produit de remplissage, l'organe de remplissage (2) pouvant passer d'une position de remplissage, destinée à assurer le remplissage du contenant (140), à une position d'arrêt, destinée à permettre une course de fermeture de l'organe de fermeture (3).
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